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11-20-2018, 02:27 AM
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Location: Cybertron, Ontario
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Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Updating a story that we first brought you in* June, addressing the successful bid of Fairfax Financial Holdings*to keep Toys R Us Canada in operation,*we have even more great news for our fellow Transformers fans in Canada: the launch of Toybox outlets! These smaller stores represent the vision of Toys R Us Canada President Melanie Teed-Murch,* recently*interviewed before the first location’s debut in Guelph’s Stone Road Mall. “We’re trying to show that in smaller markets, we really don’t need 40,000 square-foot stores. I think the future for us as a retailer is definitely smaller venues… for sure. I’d love to » Continue Reading.
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11-20-2018, 03:00 AM
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
They used to do this as TRU Express. They were fun and would usually pop up at Christmas.
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11-20-2018, 03:58 AM
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Difference is, of course, that it sounds like these aren't pop-up outlets, but actual fixtures.
In this day and age I imagine this is a fairly easy to pull off business model, though. That's still enough space to stock plenty of newer things.
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11-20-2018, 05:39 AM
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Location: Corner Brook NL
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Pretty cool. Don't expect one in my neck of the woods. But still cool.
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11-20-2018, 06:31 AM
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Location: GrandValley Ont
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Hopefully orangeville area or dufferin county will see one we had an Express it was vary successfull (wally being only game in town) then they pulled out stupid move at the time let's see a real toy store come back to town tired of driving an hour plus to shop at a decent store.. as toys go out Walmart totally worst store in Canada for no stock
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11-20-2018, 07:04 AM
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Location: Tilbury, Ontario
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Ya we had 2 Express stores nearby in Windsor. Maybe we can get a Toybox Outlet in Chatham perhaps which is a little closer to me ?
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11-20-2018, 07:13 AM
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Nice to see them revisit this idea.
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11-20-2018, 01:19 PM
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Re: Toys R Us Canada Launches Toybox Outlets
Wouldn't mind getting one of these here someday, too.
There's enough empty retail space in North Bay that could be filled with something like this.
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